Is there plastic in my tea?

Updated: May 23

Whether you're a milk and sugar kind of tea drinker, or the hippy herbal kind - one thing I've learnt living in England is that pretty much everyone loves a good cuppa. Or brew. Or afternoon tea (pinkies up 👌🏻).

But does your tea contain plastic? Chances are - probably!

This was quite a shocker for me. They put plastic in teabags? Why?

Apparently plastic can be used to seal teabags. But that means that microplastics can end up in your tea, and it obviously means your teabags aren't as eco as you might have thought. How many of you chuck your teabags straight into the food bin 🙋🏼‍♀️. Well unless you're buying plastic free that might not be so good after all.

So which brands don't contain plastic? Keep reading for the top 5 brands.

5 plastic free teas

They're in alphabetical, not preference, order.

Clipper

Teabags: unbleached, biodegradable & plant-based.

They aren't plastic free - strictly speaking. Their teabags are sealed with a non-GM bio-material made from plant cellulose, known as PLA, which is a bio-plastic. This plastic is biodegradable but it is still plastic. So use your own judgement here.